Chemnitz University of Technology

Chemnitz University of Technology (TU Chemnitz ) is a German University in Chemnitz, Saxony.

History

The university is historically emerged from the 1836 founded " Gewerbschule ". Just one year later the Royal Gewerbschule was joined by a Baugewerkenschule, the 1855 Royal. Foreman Training Institute followed. Already in the founding of Gewerbschule this was a affiliated in Chemnitz since 1796 existing factory Drawing School, the 1858 budget technically separate from the Trade School. These four schools were de facto next to each other and found their union in the person of the Director. 1878 these schools were grouped organisationally in a school federation under the name of " Checkout the State Technical Colleges ." In particular, the Industrial School, which in 1900 was renamed " Commercial Academy " and 1929 in " National Academy of Engineering", achieved high recognition and a special position between the technical colleges and technical schools in Germany.

After the Second World War, the association was reopened as a purely technical college under the name "Technical Colleges " 1947. In 1953, the College of Engineering Karl- Marx-Stadt was rebuilt on the same site and in the same building. As part of the cleanup of the specialist education landscape in the GDR, the old vocational school was disbanded in 1955. The Engineering School was raised in 1963 in a Technical College and in 1986 a Technical University.

For the obligatory since 1951, several years of Marxist- Leninist foundation course for students of all disciplines in the GDR there was also at the TH / TU Karl- Marx-Stadt an Institute of Marxism -Leninism. It later had to take over the running ML training of scientific staff, lecturers and professors.

In 1992 the incorporation of the former " Teacher Training College Zwickau " and the renaming of the university in "Technical University of Chemnitz -Zwickau ". Through the establishment of the Faculty of Economics ( 1993), the Faculty of Arts (1994 ) and the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences ( 2009), the scientific- technical profile of the university was also geared more towards a comprehensive university. In 1997 another name change and the establishment received its current name "Technical University of Chemnitz ".

In 2009, the university consists of 159 professors, spread over eight faculties. With more than 10,000 students, the TU Chemnitz to Leipzig University and the Technical University of Dresden is the third largest university in Saxony.

Faculties

  • Faculty of Science
  • Department of Mathematics
  • Engineering faculty
  • Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
  • Faculty of computer science
  • Faculty of Economics
  • Faculty of Arts
  • Faculty of Human and Social Sciences

At the Centre for languages ​​and intercultural communication students of all disciplines language qualifications can get by international accredited university certificates ( UNIcert ).

Campus

Due to the unplanned growth of the building of the TU Chemnitz are relatively widely distributed across the city, with the Uniteil Reichenhainer road represents the central campus. You currently four different so hurry Unit:

  • In the center of Chemnitz, opposite the railway station, is located Uniteil 1, of the building of the road includes 62 nations ( Hooper Construction), Bahnhofstrasse 8 and Carolastraße 8. It is home to some of the university management ( Rector, Chancellor, some departments ) and the Main Library and the University Computing Centre. In addition, here the Faculty of computer science, the Department of Chemistry of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and part of the Faculty of Engineering are located.
  • Located on the Reichenhainer street in Bern village, comes Uniteil 2 an actual campus closest to you. Here are, for example, the new cafeteria, the Weinhold - construction, part libraries for humanities, mathematics, economics, engineering and natural sciences, the Uniarchiv, the Student Council and the Student Chemnitz- Zwickau. In addition, here are the Faculty of Economics, the Faculty of Mathematics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, the new Institute of Physics and clean room of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, in turn, part of the Faculty of Engineering and parts of the philosophy faculty at home. Furthermore, here is a large part of the lecture halls and seminar rooms, a priority in the new auditorium building, which is commonly Orangerie named because of its exterior paint, settled. In the immediate vicinity are all student residences, sports facilities for the University Sports and the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology ( IWU).
  • The Uniteil 3, located at the Erfenschlager road is a bit remote and houses parts of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and the Faculty of Economics (innovation research, start-up network SAXEED ).
  • Uniteil 4, located at the Wilhelm- Raabe -Straße, houses part of the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences ( Department of Psychology ).

Personalities

  • Julius Adolph Stöckhardt ( born January 4, 1809 in Röhrsdorf at Meissen, † June 1, 1886 in Tharandt ) was a German agricultural chemist. 1838 Stöckhardt got a job as a science teacher at the Royal Industrial School in Chemnitz. In addition to his academic work Stöckhardt started since 1843 in Chemnitz " chemical lectures " to keep for farmers who were very well received. His 1846 published textbook " School of Chemistry " was one of the most successful chemistry textbooks of his time; it experienced twenty editions and was translated into several languages.
  • Julius Ambrosius Hülsse ( born 2 May 1812 in Leipzig, † June 26, 1876 in Dresden ) was a German mathematician and engineer. 1841 took over as professor Hülsse the management of commercial and Baugewerkenschule to Chemnitz and was its first teacher. Hülsse reformed the curriculum. He introduced the teaching of geography and history, reinforced the German lessons and created a preparatory class.
  • Eduard Theodor Hooper ( born January 10, 1829 in Dresden, † May 10, 1893 in Chemnitz ) was a German mechanic and Rector of the Royal Trade School of Chemnitz from 1866 to 1876 In this time of change in the trade school was carried out to a higher technical institute. .
  • Adolf Ferdinand Weinhold ( born May 19, 1841 in Zwenkau; † July 2, 1917 in Chemnitz ) was a German physicist and chemist. He was in 1865 appointed a physics teacher at the Royal Gewerbschule Chemnitz. 1870 he was awarded the title of professor. In his textbook " Physical demonstrations ," he described in 1881 a vacuum jacket bottle for laboratory use, which was later developed for the jug.

See also: List of famous personalities of the Technical University of Chemnitz

Promotion

Founded in 1994, Chemnitz Business and Economics Society eV ( CWG ), is a society of alumni and supporters of the Faculty of Economics. It is dedicated to the three main tasks promoting knowledge transfer measures, Alumni Contact care and support for teaching and research.

Radio UNIIC

The radio UNIIC was founded after a lead time of about half a year on 13 November 2001 at the Technical University of Chemnitz. For initial broadcast in 2002, served two basement rooms of the university. October 1, 2004 UNIIC also went by FM on the air - in partnership with the non-commercial radio Radio T. Status as Internet radio, however, remained to exist today, as the FM broadcast one hour ( 18 to 19 clock ) includes every day. UNIIC can be heard via Internet stream, also in the Chemnitz on FM 102.7 MHz ( 18-19 daily clock ) and the cable network of primacom at 98.25 MHz to 103.7 MHz and RFC.

Running KulTour

In addition to various nationally and internationally successful athletes, the University is a partner of the project " run - KulTour " from a sporting and social side. The run - KulTour is carried out since 2007 and performs once a year within 16 days approx 4000km once around Germany. The project was launched by students of the University and the participants are all members of the University. The same association wants to animate with the longest relay race in the world people to move and support changing organizations.

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